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You are correct. I do care about downvoting, but only because I think it is important to have people downvoting things you say, otherwise you are living a safe
by xrd 7y ago
You are correct. I do care about downvoting, but only because I think it is important to have people downvoting things you say, otherwise you are living a safe and boring life. I stand corrected (but I'm not sure that is what you mean by "contradicting the parenthetical").
You are someone that cares about data and trends of data. One time happening is not evidence nor a trend. But, I'm wondering if others have seen similar things. The example I cited here seemed like a very quick reaction (which is possible, people on all sides do that with Trump...). But, if it happens often, especially about certain topics, wouldn't that be interesting?
- xrd 7y agoAnd, if a comment is downvoted just a few times, it effectively hides that comment, right? There is not much of a threshold to control a conversation with a few robot accounts, right?
- gus_massa 7y agoA comment must get to get many downvotes before it is killed and hidden. [1] The site has protections against voting rings [1], I guess it has protections against downvoting rings [1]. If you have a clear example, try to email the mods so they take a look hn@ycombinator.com I (and many other users) upvote grey comments when they are not offensive or very wrong. (I also try not to downvote grey comments unless they are very offensive or extremely wrong.) So to kill the comment it is necessary to use even more robots.
- minimaxir 7y agoThere are weird voting behaviors when Trump is involved, yes, but nothing to suspect it's botting.